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Terror and Tacos
by Terror and Tacos
We love horror movies and tacos! We talk about both of those things every week. Even if you don't love horror, you should still listen. If you don't love tacos, there's nothing we can do for you.
Episodes
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Episode 146: For the Love of God, Stop!
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025). We watched the "final" installment in the Conjurverse, so you don't have to.
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Episode 145: TAT's Alive! Frankenstein Review
Frankenstein (2025). Chuy's. Alien eels, goth costumes, and baffling choices. We get into del Toro's Frankenstein. Check us out on YouTube for exclusive weekly video content.
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Episode 144: Every Season is Spooky Season
Just because October is over, it doesn't mean you can't still keep it spooky. We highlight some of our favorite movies to keep horror in your heart all year long.
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Episode 143: 6 Horror Shows to Binge for Halloween
Here are 6 horror shows you still have time to binge before Halloween! We also talk the magic of homemade tacos. Subscribe to TAT on YouTube for weekly video content.
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Episode 142: Weapons & Tamales
Weapons (2025). Christie gives a brief history of tamales and rages about 2025's WEAPONS.
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Bonus: Werewolves and Werewolf Movies
Bonus mini-episode from our YouTube channel, in which Michael talks the history of werewolves and highlights five werewolf movies you should see. Check us out on YouTube for weekly videos.
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Episode 141: Hitchcock's Rope
Rope (1948). We talk Hitchcock's Rope, the Hays Code, and Twizzlers and Cheese.
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Episode 140: Bring TAT Back
Bring Her Back (2025). Vampire Cafe. Boutique du Vampyre's Apothecary. TAT is back from the dead (again). Christie highlights some excellent New Orleans restaurants, and we talk Bring Her Back. Spoilers: One of us really didn't like it.
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Ep. 139--TAT is Undead
Sinners (2025). Remote Coffee. LA Tacos. After facing the darkness for months, we have returned to the light to talk about one of our favorite movies in a while.
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Ep. 138: Indoors, Outdoors, and a Vibe
We're back to talk about some of our favorite horror movie settings, and why some places are just just terrifying.
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Episode 137: Monstro-TAT
The Substance (2024). El Fenix. We're back to talk about The Substance, insane beauty standards, our younger selves, and the French.
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Episode 136: David Lynch
Lost Highway (1997). Mulholland Drive (2001). Many, many others. We talk about David Lynch.
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Episode 135: I Am an Appetite
Nosferatu (2024). Your call has awakened us from our long slumber. Like a plague of 5,000 rats, we have returned.
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Episode 134: Summer Double Feature
MaXXXine (2024). Longlegs (2024). Taco Palenque. We're finally back to talk about two summer horror hits and the only decades we still care about--the '70s, '80s, and the '90s.
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Episode 133: Justice for Jackals
The First Omen (2024). Taco Bell. Yay. Another prequel that totally undercuts a major plot point of the movie it's supposedly a prequel to.
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Episode 132: Su, Su, Su
Ripley (2024). Chalupa. We're rooting for a conman, talking stunning black and white cinematography, and trying to figure out what "horror" means.
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Episode 131: Nunsploitation
Episode 131: Nunsploitation by Terror and Tacos
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Episode 130: Give Us $2,000,000!
Late Night with the Devil (2024). We're finally back to talk Late Night with the Devil, vague memories of the '70s, and Australians knocking out American accents, and to humbly ask you, our listeners, for $2,000,000!
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Episode 129: Watching the Detectives
True Detective: Night Country (2024). True Detective (2014). Shetland. Vera. Midsomer Murders. Mexican Chocolate. We're back to drink Mexican chocolate, figure out what makes a great mystery show, and to talk about True Detective and why we're so excited about its new incarnation.
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Episode 128: Devil Went Down to Georgia
The Exorcist: Believer (2023). Victoria Sponge Cake. Cane Rosso. We discuss the non-movie/abomination that is The Exorcist: Believer, eat a delicious treat that Christie made, and discuss delicious pizza.
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Ep. 127: 2023 YEAR in REVIEW
Happy New Year! TAT returns after an extended hiatus to talk about some favorite (and not so favorite) movies we watched in 2023, and to discuss holiday treats made by our very own Christie Vela (trifle, y'all!). Our resolution for 2024 is to record way more often, so we'll be back soon.
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Episode 126: Spooky Season
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023). Haunted Houses. Lubellas Patisserie. We're back just in time to kickoff spooky season! We talk haunted houses, and the terrible CGI Man-Bat infested nonsense that is The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
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Episode 125: July 28!
The Finale (July 28, 2023). Many other movies. Tacos y Mas. Our horror movie The Finale arrives on Amazon Prime and other major streamers on July 28! So, we break down some of the movies that had the biggest influence on us when making our movie...and we remind you over and over that The Finale...
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Episode 124: Pig Demon
The Pope's Exorcist (2023). Bless us Father, for we have sinned. It has been three months since our last confession. But we have finally returned to try to figure out what the hell The Pope's Exorcist is.
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Episode 123: Deco
Let the Wrong One In (2021). Homemade Breakfast Tacos. We talk about the beauty of low-budget horror comedies done right, Irish film, and why governments should support vampire movies.
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Episode 122: Cheeseburger!
The Menu (2022). Choriqueso. We're back again to talk about The Menu, what happens when you start hating the thing you love, and the pure deliciousness of choriqueso.
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Episode 121: Legos!
Skinamarink (2022). Chorizo. Hey look, it's that door at a weird angle again. And Legos! Oh my gosh, the Legos!
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Episode 120: Return of CHUD
Smile (2022). European coffee. We have returned! And so has the CHUD, who clearly has a great agent. We're back to talk Smile, solipsism, and getting bludgeoned to death by a weak metaphor.
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Episode 119: I'm a Star!
Pearl (2022). Taco Palenque. We're back to eat arguably the best taco in all of Texas, delve into the process of making tamales, and to talk about Ti West's prequel to X. And the holiday theme from Jim/John Make Noise is back!
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Episode 118: Incest CHUD
Barbarian (2022). Taquero. Does logic matter in horror? Does a Habsburg chin give you superpowers? Can you eat flan for dinner? We answer these important questions and more.
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Episode 117: Favorite Performances
We got together on Halloween to talk about our favorite performances in horror movies and to eat delicious Dias De Los Muertos treats.
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Episode 116: How Did We Get Here?
Halloween Ends (2022).
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Episode 115: Blindness Attack!
Los Ojos de Julia (2010). Can stress cause blindness? Can super attractive people disappear? What does the Hubble Telescope have to do with any of this? We set out to answer these questions and more.
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Episode 114: Half and Half
Men (2022). Tacos y Mas. Is it possible to love half of a movie and utterly despise the other half? Yes. Yes, it is. Happy October!
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Episode 113: Peat Rubbing
She Will (2022). Taco Joint. We find out what happens when a movie is less than the sum of its parts, and we answer some listener questions.
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Episode 112: Cool Blood
Prey (2022). 8 Cloves-Spice of India. We talk about Prey, the original Predator, Amber Midthunder, and, how do you say, the absurdity of the French.
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Episode 111: Give The Baby Some Toast!
Abandoned (2022). Tortillas, butter, apple butter. Do you love the constant sound of a baby crying? Do you despise story, character, and subtlety? Are you tired of coherent rules? Abandoned is the movie for you!
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Episode 110: A Gen X Love Letter
The Black Phone (2022). Scalini's. We live out our latchkey kid dreams with the late-'70s set The Black Phone starring Hey, That's My Bike frontman Ethan Hawke.
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Episode 109: Your Number One Fan
Misery (1990). Taco Joint. We talk Misery, remember the legendary James Caan, and dive into toxic fandom.
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Episode 108: Studio 666 X
X (2022). Studio 666 (2022). Coca-Cola Coffee. We are back! We talk Ti West's latest '70s-style X, the Foo Fighters' mess of a horror comedy, and July 4th. We also sample some sweet, sweet caffeine beverages.
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Episode 107: Scream 2022
Scream (2022). Tacos Y Mas. Italian "lobster tails." We finally review the new Scream. Reference. Reference. Reference. Self-satisfied smile at our cleverness. Credits.
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Episode 106: Jesus' Machete
Benedetta (2021). Paul Verhoeven's old-timey nun movie might not be a horror movie, but we were totally horrified by it.
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Episode 105: I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978). Snap Kitchen. We do our best to get through KISS' made-for-TV, Hanna-Barbera, Scooby Doo style "horror" movie. Mind Control! Robot KISS! All that.
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Episode 104: Hammer of the Gods
Lamb (2021). We talk about folk tales, Iceland, nature, bread bowls, and the beautiful madness of the new movie, Lamb.
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Episode 103: Queen Anne Rice
Spanish Christmas tortas. Interview with the Vampire (1994). Queen of the Damned (2002). Our tribute to the legendary Anne Rice and the vampire sub-genre she changed forever.
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Episode 102: Serial Killer Movies
Taco Palenque. Mr. Brooks (2007). Eyes of Laura Mars (1978). Monster (2003). We talk about one of the greatest tacos ever, and try to figure out what makes a good serial killer movie. Also, the holiday theme song from Jim/John Make Noise is back!
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Episode 101: Close-Up Magic Makes Me Hot
Terror Train (1980). Saint Taco. Slasher at a college party on a train that includes David Copperfield performing close-up magic in a fully-functional blackbox theater? Sign us up!
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Episode 100: Evil Dies Tonight
Saint Taco. Halloween Kills (2021). To celebrate our 100th episode and Halloween, we discuss our awesome brand new sponsor, Saint Taco, and a brand new movie that never should have been made!
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Episode 99: Halloween Treats
Rusty Taco. Whole Foods. We talk the history of Halloween, highlight listeners' favorite October movies, and breakdown the best and worst Halloween candy.
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Episode 98: I Can't Feel My Legs
Midnight Mass (2021). Torchy's Tacos. We delve the depths of our Catholic guilt to talk about the horror and beauty of Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass.
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